Showing posts with label J.D. Souther. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J.D. Souther. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2026

J.D. Souther - Troubadour Nightclub: West Hollywood, California April 8, 1976 (FM) - Master Reel

J.D. Souther
Troubadour Nightclub
West Hollywood, California
April 8, 1976
KWST-FM Broadcast Recording - Master Reel

Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Rest In Peace J.D. Souther 11/02/1945-09/17/2024

Source: KWST-FM (Over The Air Antenna) > Phillips AH-6731 > TEAC 2300 @ 3 3/4 ips

Transfer (Dec. 2014): Revox B77 > Korg mr2000-s @ 1 bit, 5.6 MHz DSD

Mastering: AudioGate (24-96) > Adobe Audition 3.0 (clean up, track splits) > AudioGate Aqua (16-44) > TLH (flac16 level 8)

"Off Air" Master Reel to Reel Recorded By Kevin Webber


CD 1
01 Kite Woman
02 Don't Cry Now
03 Faithless Love
04 Thief In The Night
05 Mexico
06 Silver Blue
07 Jesus In 3/4 Time
08 Simple Man, Simple Dream
09 Your Turn Now


CD 2
01 The Fast One
02 White Wing
03 Midnight Prowl
04 Door Swings Open
05 Black Rose
06 Band Intros
07 Banging My Head Against The Moon
-- -Encore Call-
08 Border Town
09 Trouble In Paradise

Total Playing Time CD1: 38mn 52sc
Total Playing Time CD2: 45mn 23sc
Total Playing Time Both CDs: 1hr 24mn 15sc


Personnel
J.D. Souther (R.I.P.) - vocals, guitar
Ira Ingber - guitar
Fred Palmer - bass
Dean Hagen - drums
Greg Leroy - guitar
Vince Melamed - keyboards

With all the politics and natural disasters in the news I didn't hear that Singer/Songwriter Un-Official Eagle J.D. Souther passed away until yesterday. I found out by surfing for bootlegs and the site had a post saying the same I'm saying. I just found out about it. All I have found is that he died September 17, 2024 at his home, he was 78.

It really has been the story for ages that the singer songwriter that influences others in a scene never attains the same heights as those he influences. Gary "US" Bonds, Del Shannon, Mitch Ryder and Frankie Miller for example never attained the heights of Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Cougar Mellencamp, or Bob Seger for example who were influenced by them. I actually had this discussion recently with a friend and he said Bob Dylan influenced a lot of people in the 1960s and he's world famous (not in quotes because I'm not sure of the actual words it was a Stoner conversation). To which I replied Bob Dylan was influenced by Woody Guthrie or else he would have been a Little Richard style rocker. I read in one of the many biographies about him (I read only one book about him in the1980s) that he used to play the piano and jump around singing like Little Richard. Something that as a pot smoking teenager I couldn't imagine but think about it.

Back to J.D. Souther, look at the song writing credits of your favorite California Sound Country Rock artist's albums. Most likely J.D. Souther's name is on there. As a writer or co-writer. Linda Ronstadt, Chris Hillman, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, The Eagles, James Taylor all recorded songs written by or co-written with J.D. Roy Orbison had J.D. Souther do the vocal arraignments for his Black And White Night video concert (that one I read on Wikipedia)...Roy "Freaking' Orbison (wow)!! John David Souther was a big part in The California Sound's take over of the 1970's Before I end this I also want to point out that J.D. Souther was inducted into the Song Writer's Hall Of Fame.

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Thursday, July 23, 2026

J.D. Souther - The Bottom Line: New York City, New York, USA November 11, 1979

J.D. Souther
The Bottom Line
New York City, New York, USA
November 11, 1979
WNEW-FM Broadcast Recording

Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

The BR Series Vol. 81
Source: WNEW-FM > Cassette Master (Maxell UD XL-II)
Transfer: Sony Deck TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz)
Editing: Soundforge > Wav > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac Level 8


01 WNEW and Bill Graham Introduction
02 Til' The Bars Burn Down
03 If You Don't Want My Love
04 Mystery Train
05 White Rhythm and Blues
06 The Last In Love
07 Banging My Head Against The Moon
08 The Moon Just Turned Blue
09 You're Only Lonely
10 Border Town
11 Fifteen Bucks
12 James Dean
13 Football Takes It's Toll
14 Trouble In Paradise
15 WNEW Outro

Total Playing Time: 1hr 4mn 28sc

J.D. Souther - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Jorge Calderone - guitar, vocals
Josh Leo - guitar, vocals
Vince Melamed - keyboards
Bobby Tsukamoto - bass
Dave Kemper - drums

Original Uploaders Notes:
Transferred, Edited and Tracked by kingrue upload 667.
Thanks for BR for suppyling the tape.

This is for those who want something else other than our Hard & Heavy Hump Day offerings! How's the sound? It's WNEW Live At The Bottom Line...It's awesome of course!!!

For Eagles fans this may be a Great Addition to their Eagles collections. J.D. Souther, being one of Glenn Frey's best friends, was a big part of the Eagles Hit Machine. Souther was a constant writing companion of Frey's helping him write many songs in his career. "James Dean", included in this set, is a great example. If you haven't heard J.D. Souther's music but are a fan of The Eagles or The "California Sound" you will definitely enjoy this great Country Rock set.

The original uploader included some articles about the set with the file set which of course can be found in the art & info folder.

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